Crowd, vb. 1) intr. to press: “the general . . . c. to his presence,” Meas. II, 4, 29. “he burst his head for --ing among the marshal's men,” H4B III, 2, 347.
2) tr. to press: “the time misordered doth, in common sense, c. us and crush us to this monstrous form,” H4B IV, 2, 34. “the poor mechanic porters --ing in their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,” H5 I, 2, 200. “a man into whom nature hath so --ed humours that his valour is crushed into folly,” Troil. I, 2, 23. “the throng will c. a feeble man almost to death,” Caes. II, 4, 35.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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